NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English: The Legend of the Northland (Nisha)

Class 9 is the first stepping stone for a student in the competitive world. With the introduction of the CBSE Board Exam for class 10 a few years back, this has become an important gateway for a student. Based on the results of class 9th a student selects his future stream of Science, Commerce or Arts suiting his interest.

Takshila Learning is providing NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English as per the latest syllabus by CBSE. Class 9 is the building block for the CBSE Class 10 Board Exams, not only for your exams but also for your higher studies and career. English is the most essential subject and the knowledge in this field opens up wider career opportunities for the students.

Below you can find the NCERT solution for Class 9th English. You can get a Solution for the all-important question of ” The Fun they Had”

Questions Covered : 

Question 1 : Which country or countries do you think “the Northland” refers to?

Question 2 : What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for? What was the lady’s reaction?

Question 3 : How did he punish her?

Question 4 : How does the woodpecker get her food?

Question 5 : Do you think that the old lady would have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was? What would she have done then?

Question 6 : Is this a true story? Which part of this poem do you feel is the most important?

Question 7 : What is a legend? Why is this poem called a legend?

Question 8 : Write the story of ‘A Legend of the Northland’ in about ten sentences.

Question 9 : Let’s look at words at the end of the second and fourth lines, viz., ‘snows’ and ‘clothes’, ‘true’ and ‘you’, ‘below’ and ‘know’. We find that ‘snows’ rhymes with ‘clothes’, ‘true’ rhymes with ‘you’ and ‘below’ rhymes with ‘know’.
Find more such rhyming words.

Question 10 : Go to the local library or talk to older persons in your locality and find legends in your own language. Tell the class these legends.

Question 11 : Why was Saint Peter tired and hungry?

Question 12 : What happened to the cake every time when the old lady tried to bake it?

Question 13 : What happened to the old lady when Saint Peter cursed her?

Question 14 : Describe the landscape of the Northland as described in the poem.

Question 15 : Why does the poet tell a story which he does not believe to be true?

Question 16 : Who was St. Peter and why did he come to the cottage of a little woman?

Question 17 : Why did the little woman knead another and still a smaller cake?

Question 18 : Why did the little old woman have to struggle for her scanty food after she was cursed to be a woodpecker?

Question 19 : A holy man should not curse the lady. Justify this statement in the context of the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’.

Question 20 : How can you say that the old lady was greedy?

Question 21 : Why was St. Peter forced to curse the greedy little woman? Do you justify the action of St. Peter?

Question 22 : Why was the little woman cursed particularly to be a woodpecker and not another bird? How did she struggle to get her scanty food?

Question 23 : What moral lesson do you get from this poem?

Question 24 : What quality do you find in saints?

Question 25 : How is true satisfaction spoiled by greed?